Effect of gonadal steroid hormones on the metabolic rate of the cold-acclimated gonadectomized male and female Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal).
Male and female Chalcides ocellatus were gonadectomized and cold acclimated at 15 degrees for 1 week. Lizards were injected with testosterone and estradiol, and their oxygen consumption was determined at 15 degrees. Testosterone and estradiol caused a significant increase in the whole body rate of oxygen consumption in male and female lizards, respectively.
al-Sadoon
M K
MK
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
el-Banna
A A
AA
Ibrahim
M M
MM
Abdo
N M
NM
al-Rasheid
K A
KA
D000064:Acclimatization / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003081:Cold Climate; D004958:Estradiol / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D013739:Testosterone / Q000502:physiology
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol